Daily Cascade

Why April?

Prompt:
T. S. Eliot said, exploring the aftermath of World War I, focusing on themes of disillusionment, loss, and the breakdown of modern society. It presents a desolate and sterile world, both physically and spiritually, reflecting the psychological and social trauma experienced after the war. in his1921 poem The Waste Land. Are you familiar with the poem The Waste Land? Do you agree or disagree with his analogy.?

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/april-is-the-cruelest-month

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Yes, I am familiar with this poem or rather the whole book that it was in. I really don't disagree or agree with the poem for it shows the way the poet felt. And who can blame him! He wrote this fascinating poem after World War I. Throughout the poem or rather the entire book, he talks of disillusionment, loss, and the breakdown of his world/society, which is desolate and sterile, both physically and in spirit. The social trauma after the war and his feelings about it show up in his addition of phrases and lines in German and French.

As to April being the cruelest month, what is cruel and what is not depends on the person and his/her sight and insight. In my case, I don't like April because of the tax time. I wish we could pay for things as we buy or use them, rather than going through all the crap in March and April, while preparing our tax returns, even though I have a good accountant. Still, it is up to me to put together all the data and the papers. It is unnerving!

Or else, I would readily accept IRS itself doing my taxes and billing me, even though this has its iffy points and plotholes, too. Still, it would be better than me going through such stuff every year during tax time.

Other than that, I have no problem with April, whatsoever.